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1. Eric Holder¹ could be the next attorney general. Aides of President-elect Barack Obama are polling senators, seeing if Holder could be confirmed. He was a number two official in the Justice Department under President Clinton.

2. Automakers are begging for Washington's help, trying to avoid collapse². But Treasury³ Secretary Henry Paulson is against dipping into a 700-billion-dollar rescue fund, saying it is not intended for companies outside the financial firms.

3. Pirates seize a supertanker loaded with 100 million dollars in crude, anchoring it within sight of some fishing villages in Somalia. Officials there are vowing⁵ to rescue the tanker⁴ by force if necessary.

4. A glittering star for the top of a giant Christmas tree at New York's Rockefeller Center. This crystal star weighs 550 pounds and is almost ten feet in diameter.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. poll: v.

to ask a lot of people the same questions in order to find out what they think about a subject

2. dip into: phr v.

to use some of an amount of money that you have

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1 holder
n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物
参考例句：
The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。 That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

2 collapse
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。 The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

3 treasury
n.宝库；国库，金库；文库
参考例句：
The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。 This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

4 tanker
n.油轮
参考例句：
The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。 Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。

5 vowing
起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）
参考例句：
President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。 President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-11-19